im just digging in the guadalcanal scenario to grab the basics of what changed since stock.

all i can say is wow. AE looks and feels like some guys with a true love for detail, a really fine paintbrush, a microscopic screwdriver and a pincette went all over WitP (i already noticed the occational sledgehammer but thats a rare event ) and changed it to something thats...well....WitP was impressive....erm....MOAR impressive?

im turning to be 35 next year and i feel like a small kid under the christmas tree...

Blue is morning search arcs, green PM search. The darker blue and green are naval search and the lighter ASW. You only see what arcs will be covered if all your available planes fly, not what you've set. If your set search area is bigger than what the available planes can do, you will only see what can be covered. If you have a 12 plane unit set to 50% search, you will have 60 degrees covered in the AM and 60 in the PM.

The actual area covered might be less if you have one or more planes that break down or crash.

Is there any advantage (except for fatigue and ops losses) in limiting the range of a search? For example, does a plane whose maximum search range is 14 gain any advantage if it limits its range to 7 for searching purposes or is it chances to find anything the same.